by Richard Flatau | Dec 23, 2022 | Alternative Building, Cob, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, log end, Off grid, solar, Tiny home, Uncategorized, Workshop
Robby Keown’s advice for Cordwood Owner/Builders: Start with a Sauna Robby Keown attended a cordwood workshop in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, and when he returned home he built this beautiful cedar cordwood sauna. Some details from Robby’s notes: the foundation...
by Richard Flatau | Oct 30, 2022 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, log end, Off grid, Tiny home, Uncategorized, Workshop
Charles Yeager taught a series of weekend cordwood workshops in order to build this timber-framed cordwood sauna. This beautiful sauna was built at a camp on the Black River south of Ishpeming, Michigan. The tarps are used to shade the cordwood walls and...
by Richard Flatau | Aug 14, 2022 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, Green building, log end, Uncategorized, Workshop
Laurie & Scott Davis of northern Wisconsin sent the following photos and notes of their incredibly well-built, best-practices cordwood home. “We took one of Richard (Flatau’s) workshops in 2018, and he’s been keeping tabs on our progress with...
by Richard Flatau | Aug 10, 2022 | cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, log end, Off grid, solar, Tiny home, Uncategorized, Workshop
These delightful sauna photos are courtesy of Jim and Karen Martzahl from Wisconsin. Although this sauna is at their camp in Daggett Michigan. They used dried white cedar that had been dried for seven years. The roof is 1-inch thick poplar with 1/2 inch styrofoam...
by Richard Flatau | Aug 4, 2022 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, Green building, log end, Off grid, Tiny home, Workshop
Charles Yeager taught two cordwood workshops near Ishpeming, Michigan in 2021. Here are the magnificent results. The sauna was built using traditional Finnish motifs. The handmade door gives a personal touch to the building. The cooling porch is delightfully...
by Richard Flatau | Jun 8, 2022 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, Green building, log end, Off grid, Tiny home, Uncategorized, Workshop
Top 10 Cordwood Tips, Tricks and Hacks to help you build better with cordwood. Keeping your wall level? Try using a swinging plumb bob. Usually, a plumb bob is hung on a string to show vertical plumb. This idea is courtesy of Don Gerdes (engineer) who devised it to...
